Canadian Energy-From-Waste Coalition Meeting a success On April 10 ,2013, the Canadian Energy-From-Waste Coalition (CEFWC) hosted an EFW workshop in conjunction with the SWANA Pacific Northwest (PNW) Chapter annual general meeting in Richmond, British Columbia. The goal was to educate key BC-based influencers and decision-makers about the merits of EFW. By all accounts it was…
Castaldi selected to fill inaugural laboratory of excellence visiting scholar chair position Marco Castaldi has been selected to fill the inaugural laboratory of excellence (LabEX) visiting scholar chair position at Ecole des Mines. This position is funded by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the National Agency for Research, and Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux.…
Castaldi presents in ASME webinar: Turning Trash into Renewable Energy Treasure Marco Castaldi, Steve Goff from Covanta Energy, and John Norton from Norton Engineering are presenting in a free live webinar on Thursday May 30 from 2-3pm ET on the promises and challenges of waste-to-energy technology. This is part of a series in the ASME…
Castaldi named new chair of Research and New Technology Committee of AIChE Marco Castaldi is now the new chair of the Research and New Technology Committee (RANTC) of AIChE. The main activity of RANTC is to keep AIChE on the forefront of new ideas coming “down the pipe” in which chemical engineers can have an…
Alumni CCL member Scott Kaufman blogs about climate change Check out Earth Prospectus, a blog written by alumni CCL member Scott Kaufman! In his blog, Scott discusses issues such as climate change and the carbon tax, and challenges us to reconsider our preconceived notions about environmentalism and sustainability. Scott is the co-founder of PeerAspect, a…
Congratulations to Dr. Naomi Klinghoffer On Friday April 26 Naomi Klinghoffer passed her doctoral defense: Utilization of char from biomass gasification in catalytic applications. Congratulations!
Tim Sharobem invited to Gordon Conference Tim Sharobem was invited to participate in the Gordon Research Conference on High Temperature Corrosion this July in New London, NH. The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on High Temperature Corrosion has a history of more than 70 years. The speakers of lectures are all invited, who are chosen for…
CCL presence at NAWTEC 21 Marco Castaldi, Marcella Lusardi, Jeffrey LeBlanc, and Tim Sharobem all presented at the 21st Annual North American Waste to Energy Conference in Fort Myers, Florida on their research related to waste-to-energy, gasification, and high temperature corrosion.
New collaboration explores use of alternative fuels in cement manufacturing CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. announced today a collaboration agreement with the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) at Columbia University and City College of New York in which EEC will conduct a year-long study of the life cycle effects of using alternative fuels in cement manufacturing. This…
Paper Accepted to I&ECR Garrett Fitzgerald and Marco J. Castaldi recently published a paper “Thermal Stimulation Based Methane Production from Hydrate Bearing Quartz Sediment” in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. The research investigates the effect of methane hydrate saturation and point source heating rate on methane production. This study contributes to the development of gas…